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hi guys!

 

i'm doing a story arc involving the black harlequin. however i'm not so good at making up riddles. so iwas woundering if any one would like to help me. i need three riddles that i can think of

first one to say "i out of jail and back in town"

Second one (left with first) "give his name" the heros K.O.ed him with out him saying his name

Third to state next crime "stealing from StarrTech" left at minor bank robbery

fourth is next crime "stealing form BioRad" left at StarrTech"

fifth is the goal "posion city water" (with the champions version of joker gas) left at BioRad

 

i hope you guys can help

 

thanks!

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hi guys!

 

i'm doing a story arc involving the black harlequin. however i'm not so good at making up riddles. so iwas woundering if any one would like to help me. i need three riddles that i can think of

Do these need to be rhymed riddles like the Hobbit, or bad plays on words like the riddler on TV's Batman?

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I'm not that good at this myself, I never can tell what's too hard and too easy. I recommend allowing Players liberal use of deduction, and any appropraite knowledge/science skills you can if they get stumped.

 

Still, here's something... hopefully your players don't read the boards

 

 

i'm doing a story arc involving the black harlequin. however i'm not so good at making up riddles. so iwas woundering if any one would like to help me. i need three riddles that i can think of

first one to say "i out of jail and back in town"

 

"Six and Six, I roll along

Country Mouse No more

I disdain both Drink and Song

But my sky is cluttered in the core"

 

Explanation: Six and Six refers to Monopoly, and getting out of jail with a double roll. Country Mouse no more means he is now a city dweller

The reference to disdaining drink and song is a play on words about ‘bars’ as in jail bars.

And of course, the core of a city, or downtown, often has skyscrapers ‘cluttering’ the skyline

Second one (left with first) "give his name" the heros K.O.ed him with out him saying his name

 

"Never would I be king

I prefer a crown of cheer

But dark is my humor’s ring

And my court is one of fear"

 

Explanation: Sounds good for hinting at the Black Harlequin being behind it I hope.

 

Third to state next crime "stealing from StarrTech" left at minor bank robbery

 

 

"Power Twinkles

Tomorrow’s light

I plan on getting bright"

 

Explanation: Well, Knowledge is power, references to tomorrow might also help, and of course, twinkle refers to ‘twinkle twinkle little star’ Hence Starrtech

 

fourth is next crime "stealing form BioRad" left at StarrTech"

 

 

"Life is awesome

Really Awesome Dude

Prices are low

Even if the materials crude"

 

Explanation: Life=Bio, and the first letter of every word in the second line is capitalized to spell out RAD. The prices are low is just a reference to stealing (Can’t get much cheaper than that) but the ‘crude’ comments on the materials is a reference to how the stolen goods can be refined for other uses (Poison)

 

 

fifth is the goal "posion city water" (with the champions version of joker gas) left at BioRad

 

"It won’t whiten your teeth

But you will smile

Stoned to Styx

One moist mile"

 

Explanation: The bit about it not whitening your teeth is a comment on fluoride that is put in city water. The ‘stoned to Styx” is a reference both of drugging the water (stoned-drugged), and Styx was the river that was death to drink in greek mythos.

 

 

 

i hope you guys can help

 

thanks!

Hope that was close to what you were looking for.

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"Life[/i] is awesome

Really Awesome Dude

Prices are low

Even if the materials crude"

 

Explanation: Life=Bio, and the first letter of every word in the second line is capitalized to spell out RAD. The prices are low is just a reference to stealing (Can’t get much cheaper than that) but the ‘crude’ comments on the materials is a reference to how the stolen goods can be refined for other uses (Poison)

 

The problem here is that 'crude' can also suggest oil. Then again, red herrings aren't necessarily a bad thing.

 

I'll see if I can come up with any suggestions.

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I'm not that good at this myself, I never can tell what's too hard and too easy. I recommend allowing Players liberal use of deduction, and any appropraite knowledge/science skills you can if they get stumped.

 

Still, here's something... hopefully your players don't read the boards

 

 

 

 

"Six and Six, I roll along

Country Mouse No more

I disdain both Drink and Song

But my sky is cluttered in the core"

 

Explanation: Six and Six refers to Monopoly, and getting out of jail with a double roll. Country Mouse no more means he is now a city dweller

The reference to disdaining drink and song is a play on words about ‘bars’ as in jail bars.

And of course, the core of a city, or downtown, often has skyscrapers ‘cluttering’ the skyline

 

 

"Never would I be king

I prefer a crown of cheer

But dark is my humor’s ring

And my court is one of fear"

 

Explanation: Sounds good for hinting at the Black Harlequin being behind it I hope.

 

 

 

 

"Power Twinkles

Tomorrow’s light

I plan on getting bright"

 

Explanation: Well, Knowledge is power, references to tomorrow might also help, and of course, twinkle refers to ‘twinkle twinkle little star’ Hence Starrtech

 

 

 

 

"Life is awesome

Really Awesome Dude

Prices are low

Even if the materials crude"

 

Explanation: Life=Bio, and the first letter of every word in the second line is capitalized to spell out RAD. The prices are low is just a reference to stealing (Can’t get much cheaper than that) but the ‘crude’ comments on the materials is a reference to how the stolen goods can be refined for other uses (Poison)

 

 

 

 

"It won’t whiten your teeth

But you will smile

Stoned to Styx

One moist mile"

 

Explanation: The bit about it not whitening your teeth is a comment on fluoride that is put in city water. The ‘stoned to Styx†is a reference both of drugging the water (stoned-drugged), and Styx was the river that was death to drink in greek mythos.

 

 

 

 

Hope that was close to what you were looking for.

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Hermit again."

 

Wow! Just, Wow!

 

Now I'm tempted to steal, um, replicate nightbringer256's plot just to use the riddles.

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Well, in case you were serious

 

CHAPTER VII

 

A Mad Tea-Party

 

 

There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house,

and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a

Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two

were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking

over its head. `Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,' thought Alice;

`only, as it's asleep, I suppose it doesn't mind.'

 

The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded

together at one corner of it: `No room! No room!' they cried

out when they saw Alice coming. `There's PLENTY of room!' said

Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one

end of the table.

 

`Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone.

 

Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it

but tea. `I don't see any wine,' she remarked.

 

`There isn't any,' said the March Hare.

 

`Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer it,' said Alice

angrily.

 

`It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being

invited,' said the March Hare.

 

`I didn't know it was YOUR table,' said Alice; `it's laid for a

great many more than three.'

 

`Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter. He had been

looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was

his first speech.

 

`You should learn not to make personal remarks,' Alice said

with some severity; `it's very rude.'

 

The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all

he SAID was, `Why is a raven like a writing-desk?'

 

`Come, we shall have some fun now!' thought Alice. `I'm glad

they've begun asking riddles.--I believe I can guess that,' she

added aloud.

 

`Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?'

said the March Hare.

 

`Exactly so,' said Alice.

 

`Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on.

 

`I do,' Alice hastily replied; `at least--at least I mean what

I say--that's the same thing, you know.'

 

`Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. `You might just

as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat

what I see"!'

 

`You might just as well say,' added the March Hare, `that "I

like what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like"!'

 

`You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to

be talking in his sleep, `that "I breathe when I sleep" is the

same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!'

 

`It IS the same thing with you,' said the Hatter, and here the

conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute,

while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and

writing-desks, which wasn't much.

 

The Hatter was the first to break the silence. `What day of

the month is it?' he said, turning to Alice: he had taken his

watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shaking

it every now and then, and holding it to his ear.

 

Alice considered a little, and then said `The fourth.'

 

`Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter. `I told you butter

wouldn't suit the works!' he added looking angrily at the March

Hare.

 

`It was the BEST butter,' the March Hare meekly replied.

 

`Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well,' the Hatter

grumbled: `you shouldn't have put it in with the bread-knife.'

 

The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily: then

he dipped it into his cup of tea, and looked at it again: but he

could think of nothing better to say than his first remark, `It

was the BEST butter, you know.'

 

Alice had been looking over his shoulder with some curiosity.

`What a funny watch!' she remarked. `It tells the day of the

month, and doesn't tell what o'clock it is!'

 

`Why should it?' muttered the Hatter. `Does YOUR watch tell

you what year it is?'

 

`Of course not,' Alice replied very readily: `but that's

because it stays the same year for such a long time together.'

 

`Which is just the case with MINE,' said the Hatter.

 

Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to

have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English.

`I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she

could.

 

`The Dormouse is asleep again,' said the Hatter, and he poured

a little hot tea upon its nose.

 

The Dormouse shook its head impatiently, and said, without

opening its eyes, `Of course, of course; just what I was going to

remark myself.'

 

`Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter said, turning to

Alice again.

 

`No, I give it up,' Alice replied: `what's the answer?'

 

`I haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hatter.

 

`Nor I,' said the March Hare.

 

Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better

with the time,' she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that

have no answers.'

 

`If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, `you

wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM.'

 

`I don't know what you mean,' said Alice.

 

`Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head

contemptuously. `I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'

 

`Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but I know I have to

beat time when I learn music.'

 

`Ah! that accounts for it,' said the Hatter. `He won't stand

beating. Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he'd do

almost anything you liked with the clock. For instance, suppose

it were nine o'clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons:

you'd only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the

clock in a twinkling! Half-past one, time for dinner!'

 

(`I only wish it was,' the March Hare said to itself in a

whisper.)

 

`That would be grand, certainly,' said Alice thoughtfully:

`but then--I shouldn't be hungry for it, you know.'

 

`Not at first, perhaps,' said the Hatter: `but you could keep

it to half-past one as long as you liked.'

 

`Is that the way YOU manage?' Alice asked.

 

The Hatter shook his head mournfully. `Not I!' he replied.

`We quarrelled last March--just before HE went mad, you know--'

(pointing with his tea spoon at the March Hare,) `--it was at the

great concert given by the Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing

 

"Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!

How I wonder what you're at!"

 

You know the song, perhaps?'

 

`I've heard something like it,' said Alice.

 

`It goes on, you know,' the Hatter continued, `in this way:--

 

"Up above the world you fly,

Like a tea-tray in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle--"'

 

Here the Dormouse shook itself, and began singing in its sleep

`Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle--' and went on so long that

they had to pinch it to make it stop.

 

`Well, I'd hardly finished the first verse,' said the Hatter,

`when the Queen jumped up and bawled out, "He's murdering the

time! Off with his head!"'

 

`How dreadfully savage!' exclaimed Alice.

 

`And ever since that,' the Hatter went on in a mournful tone,

`he won't do a thing I ask! It's always six o'clock now.'

 

A bright idea came into Alice's head. `Is that the reason so

many tea-things are put out here?' she asked.

 

`Yes, that's it,' said the Hatter with a sigh: `it's always

tea-time, and we've no time to wash the things between whiles.'

 

`Then you keep moving round, I suppose?' said Alice.

 

`Exactly so,' said the Hatter: `as the things get used up.'

 

`But what happens when you come to the beginning again?' Alice

ventured to ask.

 

`Suppose we change the subject,' the March Hare interrupted,

yawning. `I'm getting tired of this. I vote the young lady

tells us a story.'

 

`I'm afraid I don't know one,' said Alice, rather alarmed at

the proposal.

 

`Then the Dormouse shall!' they both cried. `Wake up,

Dormouse!' And they pinched it on both sides at once.

 

The Dormouse slowly opened his eyes. `I wasn't asleep,' he

said in a hoarse, feeble voice: `I heard every word you fellows

were saying.'

 

`Tell us a story!' said the March Hare.

 

`Yes, please do!' pleaded Alice.

 

`And be quick about it,' added the Hatter, `or you'll be asleep

again before it's done.'

 

`Once upon a time there were three little sisters,' the

Dormouse began in a great hurry; `and their names were Elsie,

Lacie, and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well--'

 

`What did they live on?' said Alice, who always took a great

interest in questions of eating and drinking.

 

`They lived on treacle,' said the Dormouse, after thinking a

minute or two.

 

`They couldn't have done that, you know,' Alice gently

remarked; `they'd have been ill.'

 

`So they were,' said the Dormouse; `VERY ill.'

 

Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary ways

of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much, so she went

on: `But why did they live at the bottom of a well?'

 

`Take some more tea,' the March Hare said to Alice, very

earnestly.

 

`I've had nothing yet,' Alice replied in an offended tone, `so

I can't take more.'

 

`You mean you can't take LESS,' said the Hatter: `it's very

easy to take MORE than nothing.'

 

`Nobody asked YOUR opinion,' said Alice.

 

`Who's making personal remarks now?' the Hatter asked

triumphantly.

 

Alice did not quite know what to say to this: so she helped

herself to some tea and bread-and-butter, and then turned to the

Dormouse, and repeated her question. `Why did they live at the

bottom of a well?'

 

The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and

then said, `It was a treacle-well.'

 

`There's no such thing!' Alice was beginning very angrily, but

the Hatter and the March Hare went `Sh! sh!' and the Dormouse

sulkily remarked, `If you can't be civil, you'd better finish the

story for yourself.'

 

`No, please go on!' Alice said very humbly; `I won't interrupt

again. I dare say there may be ONE.'

 

`One, indeed!' said the Dormouse indignantly. However, he

consented to go on. `And so these three little sisters--they

were learning to draw, you know--'

 

`What did they draw?' said Alice, quite forgetting her promise.

 

`Treacle,' said the Dormouse, without considering at all this

time.

 

`I want a clean cup,' interrupted the Hatter: `let's all move

one place on.'

 

He moved on as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him: the

March Hare moved into the Dormouse's place, and Alice rather

unwillingly took the place of the March Hare. The Hatter was the

only one who got any advantage from the change: and Alice was a

good deal worse off than before, as the March Hare had just upset

the milk-jug into his plate.

 

Alice did not wish to offend the Dormouse again, so she began

very cautiously: `But I don't understand. Where did they draw

the treacle from?'

 

`You can draw water out of a water-well,' said the Hatter; `so

I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well--eh,

stupid?'

 

`But they were IN the well,' Alice said to the Dormouse, not

choosing to notice this last remark.

 

`Of course they were', said the Dormouse; `--well in.'

 

This answer so confused poor Alice, that she let the Dormouse

go on for some time without interrupting it.

 

`They were learning to draw,' the Dormouse went on, yawning and

rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; `and they drew

all manner of things--everything that begins with an M--'

 

`Why with an M?' said Alice.

 

`Why not?' said the March Hare.

 

Alice was silent.

 

The Dormouse had closed its eyes by this time, and was going

off into a doze; but, on being pinched by the Hatter, it woke up

again with a little shriek, and went on: `--that begins with an

M, such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness--

you know you say things are "much of a muchness"--did you ever

see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?'

 

`Really, now you ask me,' said Alice, very much confused, `I

don't think--'

 

`Then you shouldn't talk,' said the Hatter.

 

This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got

up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep

instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her

going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that

they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were

trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot.

 

`At any rate I'll never go THERE again!' said Alice as she

picked her way through the wood. `It's the stupidest tea-party I

ever was at in all my life!'

 

As far as I know, if there was an answer to the riddle of "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" Carroll took it to his grave. Sometimes I think he picked two random items, sometimes I think he did have an answer in mind but enjoyed leaving it for his readers to figure out (Overlooking the fact that none of his readers are as smart as he was).

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thanks guys

 

first of all thanks hermit!

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it took my players a long time to figure our the riddles. however it worked out great in the end. thanks for the help.

 

and i don't mind if you use my plot McCoy

 

and i do plan on use "how is a raven like a writing desk" to bring the players to the "alice" club.

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thanks guys

 

first of all thanks hermit!

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it took my players a long time to figure our the riddles. however it worked out great in the end. thanks for the help.

You're welcome. I am glad it worked out for you and your group.

:)

 

and i don't mind if you use my plot McCoy

 

and i do plan on use "how is a raven like a writing desk" to bring the players to the "alice" club.

 

I've always thought the answer to "How is a Raven like a writing desk?" was "Both have Quills", as in feathers for flying and writing. :)

 

But I know i could be off, and it's no longer true anyways.

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Thanks, McCoy---

 

And no; I've never read Carol. Not particularly proud of that, but not much ashamed of it, either. It's one of those things, I guess.

 

There is, without a doubt, a list of all the 'must read' books to qualify in most circles as well-read, or even to get every possible allusion found in other 'classics.' And while I enjoy reading immensely, I long ago discovered that it is simply not possible to read all the 'required' books, and therefore select my material based entirely on my fancy at that moment.

 

Thanks again.

 

And now, I suspect that I shall lie awake many nights trying to decide if there is an answer.....

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I've always thought the answer to "How is a Raven like a writing desk?" was "Both have Quills", as in feathers for flying and writing. :)

 

But I know i could be off, and it's no longer true anyways.

The other proposed solution was "Because E. A. Poe wrote on both."

 

However, there was never an official answer. Carroll did indeed take that one to his grave.

 

 

A bit like the unfinished joke from The Breakfast Club...

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Here are some riddles along with the answers after each one. Optional answers to choose from for each riddle follow, if desired to be used:

 

Riddle 1: Lighter than what I am made of, more of me is hidden than is seen, I am the bane of the mariner, a tooth within the sea. What am I?

1) Sharks 2) Whales 3) Ice 4) Pirates 5) Sails 6) Stone 7) The stars

8) The sun

(Correct answer is #3)

 

Riddle 2: A spirited jig it dances bright, banishing all but darkest night. Give it food and it shall live; give it water and it shall die.

1) The fool 2) The air 3) Wheat 4) The desert 5) Fire 6) Earth 7) Laughter

(Correct answer is #5)

 

Riddle 3: The man who invented it, doesn't want it for himself. The man who bought it, doesn't need it for himself. The man who needs it, doesn't know it when he needs it.

1) A chariot 2) Fire 3) A wife 4) Food 5) A coffin 6) Good will 7) Sanctuary

(Correct answer is #5)

 

Riddle 4: The life I lead is mere hours or less, I serve all my time by being consumed. I am quickest when thin, slowest when fat, and wind is the bane of the gift I bring.

1) A candle 2) A wisp 3) A cloud 4) A child 5) Good intentions 6) Time

7) Speech 8) Daybreak

(Correct answer is #1)

 

Riddle 5: The more that there is, the less that you see. Squint all you want when surrounded by me.

1) Hope 2) The sun 3) Bliss 4) Drink 5) Fire 6) Breath 7) Darkness

(Correct answer is #7)

 

Riddle 6: They come to witness the night, without being called, a sailor's guide and a poet's tears. They are lost to sight each day without the hand of a thief.

1) Eyes 2) Mourners 3) Doves 4) Stars 5) Relatives 6) Lovers

7) Good intentions

(Correct answer is #4)

 

Riddle 7: I can have no color, though there may be darkness within. I have no weight and hold nothing, and if placed in a container it becomes all the lighter.

1) Air 2) Faith 3) Fellowship 4) A rope 5) A hole 6) Love 7) Water 8) Poetry

(Correct answer is #5)

 

Riddle 8: Of all your possessions, I am the hardest to guard. If you have me, you will want to share me. If you share me, you no longer have me.

1) A secret 2) Your life 3) Good intentions 4) Water 5) Hatred 6) Air 7) Music

(Correct answer is #1)

 

Riddle 9: Alive as you but without breath, as cold in my life as in my death; never a thirst though I always drink, dressed in a mail but never a clink.

1) Specter 2) A fish 3) Wealth 4) Poetry 5) Water 6) Sails 7) The plague

8) Winter

(Correct answer is #2)

 

Riddle 10: I am free for the taking through all of your life, though given but once at birth. I am less than nothing in weight, though will fell the strongest of you if held.

1) Good will 2) A blade 3) The sky 4) Water 5) Breath 6) A hand

7) Language 8) Spirit

(Correct answer is #5)

 

Riddle 11: I have holes throughout, from back to front and top to bottom to core. More nothing than something within, and yet I still hold water.

1) A well 2) A sponge 3) Cupped hands 4) A glass 5) The ocean 6) The sky 7) Tears 8) A stream

(Correct answer is #2)

 

Riddle 12: They follow and lead, but only as you pass. Dress yourself in darkest black, and they are darker still. Always they flee the light, though without the sun there would be none.

1) Ravens 2) Good intentions 3) Ghosts 4) Wheat 5) Lovers 6) Stars

7) Shadows 8) Willow

(Correct answer is #7)

 

If you can't use these in your game, you can always use them on your friends.

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